If death be terrible, the fault is not in death, but thee.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about death
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163 proverbs and old sayings nigerian
A child does not die because the mother's breasts are dry.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, mother
A pad that breaks a pot of water does not remain on the head.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, water
Give me a push from my back does not mean give me a hunchback.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
A person always breaking off from work never finishes anything.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about work, people
A bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about weather, change, bad luck, bad
A family name is not cooked and eaten, one's life is the thing.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about family, name, things, life
A person on whose head lice are being removed, must be grateful.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about being, heads, people
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about city, being
A woman possessed by demons dreams of toads in red dancing shoes.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about dream, woman
A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, mother
The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about rain, home, house
When the next house is on fire, 'tis high time to look to your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fire, fire brigade, home, house, time
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about hunters, sleep, lie, fire, fire brigade
A man who lives alone is either always overworked, or always overfed.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man
A person who does not bathe, must know it of himself that he is dirty.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people
A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children
Now the marriage begins, says the woman who has been beaten with thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about marriage, woman
A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about public, man
A crowd is like a smoldering log which can spark into a flame at any time.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about time
